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From: alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore)
Subject: Re: Fixed: Runs at 8MHz, Crashes at 33MHz, 386bsd
Message-ID: <j=xnk_a.alm@netcom.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 06:07:07 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
References: <1992Sep8.070731.21159@bernina.ethz.ch> <1992Sep11.200736.20247@qualcomm.com> <1992Sep12.134712.17755@news.cs.indiana.edu>
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In article <1992Sep12.134712.17755@news.cs.indiana.edu> "Michael Squires" <mikes@moose.cs.indiana.edu> writes:
>(and the Checkit/AMIDIAG type of tester doesn't stress the hardware enough
>to find the problems).
>
>I wonder if there is a program that is small enough to fit on the boot disk
>which would really stress memory which could be used to test prospective
>clones in the store or at the hamfest/computerfest/Trenton/Dayton Hamvention?
QAPlus (DOS) long memory test uncovered an intermittent RAM error
on an old no-name Taiwanese board. It took several hours to flag
the bad RAM, but now the system runs 386BSD flawlessly. I too
would like to have a 386BSD version of QAPlus, but for the time DOS
works (it formats floppies too :)
-Andrew Moore <alm@netcom.com>